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1983 New Orleans Saints Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 8-8-0, 3rd in NFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bum Phillips (8-8-0)

Points For: 319 (19.9/g) 17th of 28

Points Against: 337 (21.1/g) 12th of 28

Expected W-L: 7.5-8.5

SRS: -0.02 (12th of 28), SOS: 1.11

Offensive Coordinator: King Hill

Defensive Coordinator: Wade Phillips

Other Notable Asst.: John Levra (Offensive Backs) and John Paul Young (Linebackers)

Stadium: Louisiana Superdome

President/Majority Shareholder: John Mecom Jr.

Head Coach/General Manager: Bum Phillips

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +15000

Training Camp: Dodgertown (Vero Beach, Florida)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	319	4938	1055	4.7	47	22	286	243	425	2477	14	25	5.4	136	595	2461	19	4.1	135	91	802	15
Opp. Stats	337	4691	1024	4.6	39	16	289	271	496	2691	20	23	4.9	159	472	2000	11	4.2	108	96	814	22
Lg Rank Offense	17	23			20	23	24		25	26	25	20	25		4	6	5	13
Lg Rank Defense	12	2			13	17	8		14	1	9	12	1		8	11	5	19

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 4	12:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		St. Louis Cardinals	28	17	15	383	111	272	2	20	340	225	115	1
2	Sun	September 11	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1	@	Los Angeles Rams	27	30	20	341	220	121	3	21	359	255	104	5
3	Sun	September 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	2-1		Chicago Bears	34	31	21	332	248	84	6	21	493	304	189	5
4	Sun	September 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-2	@	Dallas Cowboys	20	21	17	298	183	115	3	16	272	99	173	6
5	Sun	October 2	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-2		Miami Dolphins	17	7	21	323	124	199	1	19	244	178	66	2
6	Sun	October 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-2	@	Atlanta Falcons	19	17	19	311	148	163	1	20	292	203	89	1
7	Sun	October 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-3		San Francisco 49ers	13	32	20	288	198	90	5	15	328	134	194	1
8	Sun	October 23	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-3	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	24	21	19	239	60	179	6	12	141	67	74	3
9	Sun	October 30	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-4	@	Buffalo Bills	21	27	20	389	256	133	3	22	301	169	132
10	Sun	November 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-4		Atlanta Falcons	27	10	17	366	128	238	1	14	213	120	93	3
11	Sun	November 13	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-5	@	San Francisco 49ers	0	27	10	129	55	74	3	28	397	273	124	3
12	Mon	November 21	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-6		New York Jets	28	31	20	401	162	239	2	18	289	205	84	2
13	Sun	November 27	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-6		Minnesota Vikings	17	16	18	324	171	153	5	17	245	124	121	1
14	Sun	December 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-7	@	New England Patriots	0	7	15	278	119	159	3	14	207	16	191	1
15	Sun	December 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	8-7	@	Philadelphia Eagles	20	17	16	283	183	100	1	21	332	159	173	2
16	Sun	December 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-8		Los Angeles Rams	24	26	18	253	111	142	2	11	238	160	78	3

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Ken Stabler	38	QB	14	14	7-7-0	176	311	56.6	1988	9	2.9	18	5.8	48	6.4	4.37	11.3	142.0	61.4	18	159	5.47	5.56	3.64	2	4
2	Dave Wilson	24	QB	8	2	1-1-0	66	112	58.9	770	5	4.5	7	6.3	42	6.9	4.96	11.7	96.3	68.7	17	146	13.18	4.84	3.17	0	0
3	Russell Erxleben	26	P	16	0		1	1	100.0	24	0	0.0	0	0.0	24	24.0	24.00	24.0	1.5	118.7	0	0	0.00	24.00	24.00	0	0
4	Hokie Gajan	24	FB	16	12		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	8-8-0	243	425	57.2	2477	14	3.3	25	5.9	48	6.5	4.56	11.4	154.8	63.5	35	305	7.61	5.38	3.55	2	4

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	George Rogers	25	RB	13	12	256	1144	5	76	4.5	88.0	19.7	12	69	5.8	0	22	0.9	5.3	268	4.5	1213	5	8
2	Wayne Wilson	26	FB	14	8	199	787	9	29	4.0	56.2	14.2	20	178	8.9	2	24	1.4	12.7	219	4.4	965	11	6
3	Jeff Groth	26	WR	16	14	1	15	0	15	15.0	0.9	0.1	49	585	11.9	1	42	3.1	36.6	50	12.0	600	1	3
4	Hoby Brenner	24	TE	16	16	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	41	574	14.0	3	38	2.6	35.9	41	14.0	574	3	0
5	Hokie Gajan	24	FB	16	12	81	415	4	58	5.1	25.9	5.1	17	130	7.6	0	26	1.1	8.1	98	5.6	545	4	3
6	Eugene Goodlow	25	WR	16	7	1	3	0	3	3.0	0.2	0.1	41	487	11.9	2	26	2.6	30.4	42	11.7	490	2	0
7	Lindsay Scott	23	WR	16	7	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	24	274	11.4	0	35	1.5	17.1	24	11.4	274	0	1
8	Kenny Duckett	24	WR	14	1	2	-16	0	2	-8.0	-1.1	0.1	19	283	14.9	2	48	1.4	20.2	21	12.7	267	2	1
9	Tyrone Young	23	WR	16	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	7	85	12.1	3	32	0.4	5.3	7	12.1	85	3	0
10	Jimmy Rogers	28	RB	16	0	26	80	0	13	3.1	5.0	1.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	26	3.1	80	0	2
11	Cliff Austin	23	RB	11	0	4	16	0	5	4.0	1.5	0.4	2	25	12.5	0	18	0.2	2.3	6	6.8	41	0	0
12	John Tice	23	TE	16	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	7	33	4.7	1	12	0.4	2.1	7	4.7	33	1	0
13	Rich Mauti	29	WR	16	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	30	15.0	0	23	0.1	1.9	2	15.0	30	0	0
14	Larry Hardy	27	TE	6	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	29	14.5	0	22	0.3	4.8	2	14.5	29	0	0
15	Tim Wilson	29	FB	6	0	8	21	0	7	2.6	3.5	1.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	2.6	21	0	0
16	Guido Merkens	28	QB	16	0	1	16	0	16	16.0	1.0	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	16.0	16	0	0
17	Dave Wilson	24	QB	8	2	5	3	1	5	0.6	0.4	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	0.6	3	1	5
18	Russell Erxleben	26	P	16	0	2	-9	0	1	-4.5	-0.6	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	-4.5	-9	0	0
19	Ken Stabler	38	QB	14	14	9	-14	0		-1.6	-1.0	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	9	-1.6	-14	0	4
	Team Totals			16	16	595	2461	19	76	4.1	153.8	37.2	243	2782	11.4	14	48	15.2	173.9	838	6.3	5243	33	33

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Stan Brock	25	RT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0		0
2	Rickey Jackson	25	LOLB	16	16	1	0	0	0	1	2	-2	0	12.0	102	0	PB
3	Jim Kovach	27	LILB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0		0
4	Dave Lafary	28	LT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0		0
5	Derland Moore	32	NT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0		0
6	Johnnie Poe	24	RCB	16	16	7	146	1	31	0	2	0	0	0.0		0	AP DPoY-13
7	Frank Wattelet	25	FS	16	16	2	33	0	24	0	3	6	0	0.0		0
8	Dave Waymer	25	LCB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0		0
9	Jim Wilks	25	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.0		0
10	Dirt Winston	28	RILB	16	16	3	21	0	15	1	1	0	0	1.0		0
11	Bruce Clark	25	LDE	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.5		0
12	Whitney Paul	30	ROLB	16	15	2	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	5.5		0
13	Russell Gary	24	SS	14	14	3	70	0	26	1	0	0	0	0.0		0
14	Jeff Groth	26	WR	16	14	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0		0
15	Ken Stabler	38	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0		0
16	Hokie Gajan	24	FB	16	12	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0		0
17	George Rogers	25	RB	13	12	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0.0		0
18	Wayne Wilson	26	FB	14	8	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0.0		0
19	Lindsay Scott	23	WR	16	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0
20	Rodney Lewis	24	DB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0		0
21	Dave Wilson	24	QB	8	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0		0
22	Kenny Duckett	24	WR	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0
23	Rob Nairne	29	LB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0		0
24	John Tice	23	TE	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0		0
25	Frank Warren	24	DE	16	1	1	6	0	6	0	1	0	0	2.0	16	0
26	Kelvin Clark	27	G	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0		0
27	Tony Elliott	24	NT	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.5		0
28	Leon Gray	32	T	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0		0
29	Bill Hurley	26	DB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0		0
30	Bobby Johnson	23	DB	16	0	2	80	1	70	1	1	0	0	0.0		0
31	Steve Korte	23	G	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0		0
32	Reggie Lewis	29	DE	12	0	1	27	1	27	0	0	0	0	6.5		0
33	Jimmy Rogers	28	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0		0
34	Greg Stemrick	32	DB	11	0	1	26	0	26	0	0	0	0	0.0		0
	Team Totals			16	16	23	412	3	70	37	31	4	2	56.0	118	0

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